Australian Women Lawyers asActive Citizens

Elizabeth Hall

Occupation

Lawyer, Legal officer, Magistrate and Solicitor

Elizabeth Hall was one of two women (the other being Judith Hoare) to become the first women lawyers appointed to the Queensland Solicitor-General's Office as legal officers. Appointed on 17 June 1976, she worked in the Conveyancing Branch. She was later appointed magistrate.

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This exhibition is an outcome from 'The Trailblazing Women and the Law' project, a collaboration between the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.

This research was generously supported by the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP120200367), and project partners: Australian Women Lawyers, Family Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, National Foundation for Australian Women and the National Library of Australia.

Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens uses the Online Heritage Resource Manager, a tool developed by the eScholarship Research Centre, part of the University Library at the University of Melbourne.

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Published by the Australian Women's Archives Project 2016
ISBN 978-0-7340-5406-7http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5998b.htm